British Airways And Iberia Join Concur TripLink To Help Corporate Customers Capture Business Travel Spend, Fulfill Duty Of Care Needs

TripLink to help Concur, British Airways and Iberia customers capture business travel data even when booked directly with BA and IB

FRANKFURT, Germany, Nov. 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at GBTA EMEA, Concur, the world's leading provider of integrated travel and expense management solutions and services, announced new partnerships with the UK and Spain's largest international airlines, British Airways and Iberia. The partnerships will enable mutual customers to capture business travel bookings being made directly on British Airways and Iberia channels via TripLink.

By integrating the airlines' channels with Concur TripLink, the companies' mutual customers can improve both policy compliance and duty of care efforts - in particular through the ability to apply policy when employees book directly on ba.com, Iberia.com or send their British Airways or Iberia itineraries to TripIt.

"Duty of care responsibilities are greater than ever for companies today. Knowing where employees are and having the ability to reach them is a key priority for many businesses," Mike Eberhard, president for Concur, says: "By integrating Concur TripLink with UKs and Spain's leading global premium airlines, we are now able to solve a massive duty of care challenge for our customers on a global scale."

TripLink is the first solution of its kind to extend the benefits of a managed travel programme to direct supplier bookings. This allows businesses to:

Ensure end user compliance with company travel policy

Fulfill duty of care requirements

Maximise the use of negotiated corporate discounts

Gain visibility into spend, even when booked directly with suppliers

Have a consolidated view of all travel programme data

Increase traveller productivity and satisfaction with TripIt Pro for all travellers

Adam Daniels, Chief Commercial Officer, at British Airways, said: "In today's fast-paced mobile and data-driven world, it is more important than ever before for companies to oversee their employees' travel bookings and expenses. By integrating with TripLink we are offering this capability to a wide range of companies, regardless of how they book."